The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DIP
ISO 639-2: din
| Population | 320,000 (1986 UBS) including 7,200 Abialang, 9,000 Dongjol, 2,500 Luac, 16,000 Ngok-Sobat, 20,000 Jok, 13,500 Ageer, 2,000 Rut, 400 Thoi. |
| Region | Southern Sudan, northeast of the Sudd, along both sides of the White Nile, and along the Sobat River. |
| Alternate names | PADANG, WHITE NILE DINKA |
| Dialects | ABILIANG (DINKA IBRAHIM, AKOON, BAWOM, BOWOM), DONGJOL, LUAC (LUAIC), NGOK-SOBAT (NGORK, JOK), AGEER (AGER, AGEIR, ABUYA, BEER, NIEL, NYEL, PALOC, PALOIC), RUT, THOI. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer, Dinka. |
| Comments | 92% lexical similarity with Northwestern Dinka, 88% with Southwestern Dinka, 88% with Southeastern Dinka, 86% with South Central Dinka. Bilingualism in Sudanese Arabic. 'Jaang' is a cover term for all Dinka languages. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim. NT 1952. |
